A new course, launched by University of Madras this year, will train students in using smart phones as effective tools for journalism. An online media lab has been set up on its premises for students to take up the two-year course in online media.
Conventional media has been around for a while now, but digital journalism has been making its presence felt and changing perspectives in journalism, said Gopalan Ravindran, Head of the Journalism Department, launching the course and the facilities.
Students completing this new course will be awarded a Master'ss degree in journalism. Besides dealing with conventional tools of journalism, the course will also look at online privacy and defamation issues. Mr. Ravindran said, “We are looking for trained faculty in these areas. It is quite a challenge.”
The University, according to sources, was one of the first in the country to offer journalism courses, as early as 1947. “While values remain the same, there is a need for a variety of skill sets which we wish to offer our students,” added Mr. Ravindran.
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